<p>Election Commissioner Sodsri Sattayatham says that it is entirely up to the Political Party Registrar to decide whether he will resubmit the dissolution case against the Democrat Party, as the EC has no such authority. A red-shirt leader plans to file charges against the Political Party Registrar for malfeasance.</p>
<p>The Army Chief has dismissed Phue Thai MP and red-shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan’s allegations that the army was involved in the deaths of red shirts in April and May.</p>
<p>The provincial court in Mukdahan has denied bail requests from 19 red shirts remaining in detention, including some who are ill and a student, on the grounds that their alleged offences carry severe penalties and they might flee.</p>
<p>Sombat Boonngam-anong, leader of the Red Sunday group, has cancelled his political talk show scheduled for 5 Dec, after receiving much pressure and a bomb threat.</p>
<p>Elisabetta Polenghi, sister of Italian journalist Fabio who was killed during the April-May unrest, has sent a letter to the Thai Embassy in Italy in response to the latter's invitation for her to attend a celebration of the King's birthday this year.</p>
<p>Nikorn Srikamma has been set free after the court sentenced him to two years in jail, reduced to 6 months because he had confessed and behaved well.</p>
<p>The People’s Alliance for Democracy held rallies at Bangkok’s airports to pressure a corrupt government, but did not close them, Sondhi Limthongkul insisted to the court.</p>
By Pong Pan, Prachatai |
<p>Petaling Jaya, Malaysia – Amnesty International Malaysia launched a teleconference with Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the Amnesty International Malaysia office on the night of November 24, 2010.</p>
<p>On 29 November 2010, a representative of Frank G Anderson appeared as scheduled at Rachadaphisek Criminal Court, Prosecutor’s office Section 7, to listen to progress being made in a criminal defamation case filed against Anderson by UK national Akbar Khan, formerly a member of the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand.</p>
<p>On 24 Nov, the Criminal Court sentenced <a href="http://www.prachatai.com/english/node/2133">Warawut Thanangkorn</a>, who used the name Suchart Nakbangsai in cyber political forums, to three years’ imprisonment, after the prosecution brought the case to court the day before. The court found him guilty of violating Section 112 of the Criminal Code, and gave him 6 years. But as he confessed to the crime, the sentence was commuted to three years.</p>
<p><em>by Chairit Yonpiam and Cholthicha Lermthong, </em><a href="http://www.posttoday.com/%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%AB%E0%B9%8C/%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A1/62113/%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B6%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%82%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%83%E0%B8%88-%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%A1-%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%87"><em>Post Today</em></a></p>
<p>Numbers were not the point of the latest yellow-shirt rally, because the rally was aimed at exposing the Abhisit government’s hidden agenda in amending the constitution, to show the public that this government could not be trusted, said Suriyasai Katasila, coordinator of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), in an interview with Post Today about the low turnout of PAD supporters in front of Parliament on 23-25 Nov. </p>
<p>MAE SOT, Thailand – More than 200 refugees crossed into Thailand over the weekend after clashes between Burmese troops and a faction of a Karen armed group broke out anew on November 27.</p>